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Expand Up @@ -168,3 +168,19 @@ By default, `group` authorization leverages Amazon Cognito user pool groups but
- subscriptions are only supported if the user is part of 20 or fewer groups
- you can only authorize 20 or fewer user groups per record
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## Access user groups from the session

<InlineFilter filters={["javascript", "angular", "react-native", "react", "nextjs", "vue"]}>

You can access a user's groups from their session using the Auth category:

```ts
import { fetchAuthSession } from 'aws-amplify/auth';

const session = await fetchAuthSession();
const groups = session.tokens.accessToken.payload['cognito:groups'] || [];

console.log('User groups:', groups);
```
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